PICTURES OF THE DAY: Death of Yemen's ex-President sparks new chaos

Ali Abdullah Saleh, former president of Yemen, was killed Monday after violence erupted in the country's capital of Sanna. Houthi rebels ambushed and killed him during a rocket-propelled grenade attack on his vehicle as he tried to leave the country. Protests and violence have enveloped the city throughout the next day.

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Supporters of Shiite Houthi rebels attend a rally in Yemen

Supporters of Shiite Houthi rebels attend a rally on Tuesday in Sanaa, Yemen. The killing of Yemen's ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh by the country's Shiite rebels on Monday, as their alliance crumbled, has thrown the nearly three-year civil war into unpredictable new chaos.

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Supporters of Shiite Houthi rebels attend a rally in Yemen

In this Dec. 17, 2002 file photo, then Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Unknown soldier tomb near the Kremlin wall in Moscow. Saleh was killed Monday by Shiite rebels with whom he had once been allied. It was a grisly end for a leader who ruled for more than 30 years by shifting alliances and playing multiple sides in the many conflicts that plagued his impoverished nation. Even after his ouster in 2012, he remained a power player driving the civil war that has brought Yemen to ruinous collapse.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire near the residence of the former Yemeni president

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire Monday near the residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. Saleh was killed by Shiite rebels, Monday as their forces battled for control of the capital, Sanaa, officials said. The collapse of their alliance throws Yemen's nearly 3-year-old civil war into unpredictable new chaos.

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Houthi Shiite fighters chant slogans as they guard a street leading to the residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh

Houthi Shiite fighters chant slogans Monday as they guard a street leading to the residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen.